Music Reviews
Above and Beyond - We Are All We Need, Album
The Above and Beyond owned Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep Record Labels have consistently been my favourite publishers of sophisticated trance and progressive house for over ten years now.
How reassuring it is then, when their own output matches the quality of the artists they champion on their compilations.
We Are All …
Shure SHR840 Headpones
I received these headphones almost a year ago during Christmas. Once you put them on your head there is no going back. As somebody who is an avid music listener, my everyday experience with my favorite artists has been forever changed. After several pairs of cheap twenty dollar headphones …
Try Again (2000): Aaliyah
Aaliyah
“Try Again”
Romeo Must Die: The Album
Blackground/Virgin
Director: Wayne Isham
Aaliyah and choreographer Fatima Robinson reunite once again for “Try Again” which is off of the soundtrack for 2000’s “Romeo Must Die”, a great action/martial arts thriller which starred Aaliyah and Jet Li, who also appears in this music video. The video …
Taio Cruz: Rokstarr
My name is Sophia Chartrand and I’m reviewing for Taio Cruz’s album, Rokstarr. What I’m going to do is, talk about every song on the album and my opinion about it.
1) Dynamite (5/5) - This song is really groovy. Dynamite is the best song for a club or …
Weezer - Thought I Knew (Song)
Thought I Knew is a song by Weezer which appears on their self-titled record, specifically The Red Album. What’s interesting about Thought I Knew is that it actually isn’t sung by Cuomo which is quite rare to hear in a Weezer song, although I believe there a few songs …
You Belong to the City by Glenn Frey
It seems to me that the rock song ‘You Belong to the City’ that became popular in the mid 80’s (1985, to be exact) tries to tell something and not just merely describing in a reflective way by using some sort of a second person address (like talking …
TaxFreeENT & Phi Presents - Floodin Da Streetz Pt. 5 - 2008
This mixtape is really good. I enjoyed every track on it. This is one of the few mixtapes that you can actually listen to all the way through without having to change tracks. This mixtape features tracks from Lil Wayne, U.G.K., Lil Flip, Chamillionaire & many more. Definitely something …
All Mixed Up by 311
I so love the song All Mixed Up by 311. Even though this is a song featured years back, I just could not forget the whole hype surrounding this song.
Truly awesome and I love the lyrics as well. Even though it laced at nothingness, the song …
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog (Song)
Black Dog is a song by Led Zeppelin which is the first track of their iconic record Led Zeppelin IV. I’ll just begin by saying that Black Dog is an excellent opening track for an album that has been praised highly since its release. One thing I don’t like …
Cream - Sweet Wine (Song)
Sweet Wine is a song by Cream which appears on their debut record, Fresh Cream. The song opens up with an interesting rhythm which is oddly enough established by the vocals themselves and remains fairly prominent throughout the song. The lead vocal line comes in with a melody which …
Andy Williams: Merry Christmas CD
Andy Williams is one of my favorite singers. He has a warm and tender voice that can lull me to sleep or take me away to unknown parts of the world. I can sing along with him, or just let him serenade me. His voice is …
Stevie Ray Vaughan: In Step
SRV is the special musician who comes along very so often to reveal to the world the power of music and artistic expression.To me Stevie put a new spin on the idea of emotional music.His guitar playing is in tune with his mind and spirit.In Step is a beautiful …
The Smashing Pumpkins - Rhinoceros (Song)
Rhinoceros is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins and is the third song on their debut album entitled Gish. Opening in a far more melodic than either of the two preceding songs on this album, Rhinoceros features a pretty calm atmosphere throughout the first forty-five seconds of the track …
Animal Collective - Queen In My Pictures (Song)
Queen In My Pictures is a song by Animal Collective and the first track on their third studio record, Campfire Songs. Opening with an acoustic guitar strumming pattern, Queen In My Pictures introduces a listener to the sound that Animal Collective has throughout Campfire Songs. While the overly-experimental sounds …
Wall to wall by Chris Brown
Wall to wall by Chris Brown has a wicked music video which I love. It is so fantastic because he talks in the song how he gots girls wall to wall at this club and in real life since he is a hot pop star he of …
Travie McCoy
This is one of the songs that you don’t like at the beginning but once you hear it the third time, you are instantly in love with the song. I love this song because of the beats and his voice. Travie McCoy’s voice really makes up the song. His …
Birdy (singer)
I was introduced to the music of the English singer Birdy by one of my closest friends. To be honest, I wasn’t too thrilled with her music when I first listened to a number of her songs since I thought that she was unbelievably boring, especially after listening to …
The Doors - Five To One (Song)
Five To One is a song by The Doors which appears on their record Waiting For The Sun. The song starts off with a steady drum rhythm and interesting bass line as Morrison sort of just mumbles some words of this. Once Morrison does come in with the actual …
Guitar Tricks Website
Guitar Tricks is a website where you can take paid guitar lessons. The site covers all different styles of music and has a decent selection of lessons for guitar players. For those who want to check the site out you’ll find twenty or so free guitar lessons to …
Singer Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is one of the surviving founding fathers of the Heavy Metal genre, and the inventor and CREATOR of on-stage heavy metal Horror! I have been a huge fan of Alice Cooper for countless years and have more or less every album he has released. He is a …
Country Music Singer Martina McBride
Female country music singer, Martina McBride is one of my favorite singers. She has a habit of singing songs that are about strong women rather than the whiny songs that most country singers have a tendency to sing. Her music makes women feel as though they have the power …
The Flaming Lips - Hit To Death In The Future Head (Album)
Hit To Death In The Future Head is an album by the Flaming Lips and the band’s follow up to In A Priest Driven Ambulance. Although this record starts out in a somewhat weak fashion, I found that it thankfully improved as it went along. The main reason why …
Bone Thugs N Harmony: East 1999 Eternal CD
East 1999 Eternal is one of the best albums ever created. And it is the best album recorded by rap group Bone Thugs N Harmony. They have a very magickal and sinister sound on this album. I really enjoyed the fast paces raps and haunting vocals they used on …
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill soundtrack CD
The Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill soundtrack CD is one of my favorites. This Disney movie starred Patrick Swayze as the legendary Pecos Bill, and it’s full of magic and adventure. The music expresses the wonder of heroes and the growing up of a …
Rearviewmirror Greatest Hits 1991-2003
Pearl Jam’s Rearviewmirror Greatest Hits 1991-2003 is a super two disc CD set. Some of my favorite songs from this fabulous CD include Dissident, Save You, Daughter, Given To Fly, Man Of The Hour, Black, Once, and Alive. Pearl Jam’s Rearviewmirror Greatest Hits 1991-2003 is a super rock n …
Barbra Streisand: A Collection - Greatest Hits … And More CD
Barbra Streisand: A Collection - Greatest Hits … And More CD is just what it says, a collection of Streisand hit records plus a couple of new things. From reading the liner, it appears from her note that one of Streisand’s big concerns of the days was saving …
Rudimentary Peni: “Archaic” (EP, 2004)
Rudimentary Peni released “Archaic” EP as their third installment to a string of EP’s released after “Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric”. These EP’s seemed to get better with each one, and this one keeps the streak alive. One of RP’s best records to date, the “Archaic” EP packs a hard …
Metallica - King Nothing (Music Video)
Overview —“ King Nothing, the final music video released by Metallica for their album Load, continues to the band’s original trend of shifting between clips of them playing the song and then a story to explain and accompany the lyrics to the song. Despite the similarity in structure and …
I Dreamed a Dream Single by Susan Boyle
I would recommend this song to all and sundry. Its appeal simply transcends all age boundaries, as evidenced by artist Susan Boyle’s unprecedented popularity in YouTube circles and the rest of the Web. For those who are not aware, Boyle was a much-maligned contestant of Britain’s Got …
Pulse CD
I always love tune to a good dance music. And in this Pulse album, there’s lots of reason to dance and at the same time, exercise. This CD album features lots of CD compilation albums and certainly every track gives me some kind of adrenaline pumping and …
Megadeth - Hangar 18 (Song)
Hangar 18 is a song by Megadeth which appears on their record Rust In Peace. I’ll mention right now that if you aren’t really a person who enjoys guitar solos very much, this probably isn’t a track that you’ll enjoy all that much, or at least as much as …
Nine Inch Nails - Heresy (Song)
Heresy, one of the darkest sounding Nine Inch Nails tracks throughout their entire discography, is a track which appears on what is considered the band’s best work, The Downward Spiral. I just finished reviewing the track Only which I reviewed as being pretty eerie but not so much of …
Mourning Widows - Furnished Souls For Rent
Furnished Souls for Rent is Nuno Bettencourt’s 5th album where he plays in a “real band” (His 4th album Schizophonic was Nuno playing and doing everything on the songs) and features a much more stripped down and energetic sound than with Extreme or his solo albums. It has the …
Metallica - One (Music Video)
Overview —“ One, the first music video ever released by Metallica is a video that goes back and forth between the band playing the song and a story to follow the lyrics of it. I know that a lot of controversy is associated with this video because Metallica was …
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Original Movie Soundtrack (CD)
First and foremost, I have to admit that I have not listened to this CD as much as I have the previous two. It is not because it’s bad. It’s just not my taste in music.
I will say that the music does match the much darker tone …
The Offspring Americana Album
The Offspring is an alternative punk rock band and is one of my favorite bands in general. This is also one of my favorite albums from the band as well and it has some of my favorite songs from them. I think this album is pretty solid around.
The first track …
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette’s album, Jagged Little Pill, has quite the catchy little title. I like that! In fact, that was the first thing that I really liked about this CD. The second thing that I really liked was the presentation of the sound on the tracks. Alanis Morissette has a …
Bob Dylan - Man Of Constant Sorrow (Song)
Man Of Constant Sorrow is a traditional song arranged and performed by Bob Dylan for his self-titled debut record. The track starts off with an acoustic guitar pattern primarily in the right channel of the song and Dylan’s vocals to the track primarily in the left channel. Dylan still …
Iron Maiden - Be Quick Or Be Dead (Song)
Be Quick Or Be Dead is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their record Fear Of The Dark. Be Quick Or Be Dead starts off with a brief drum section before the guitars and bass come in with a pretty quick and aggressive riff to start the …
Soundgarden A Sides
Another favorite grunge type band of mine is Soundgarden. Soundgarden’s A-Sides is a sort of greatest hits CD that will take you through a journey of music that is inspiring and lovely, all at the same time. Soundgarden A-Sides contains my personal favorites such as Rusty Cage, Burden In …
Busy Man song
The song Busy Man was a hit for country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, and it’s a song I have loved since its release. In some ways, it’s not unlike Harry Chapin’s Cats in the Cradle, only it has a happier ending.
Composed by Robert Joseph Regan and George Gustav …
The Rolling Stones - Too Much Blood (Song)
Too Much Blood is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Undercover. The track opens up with a distinct drum rhythm along with a steady bass line and even a brass section as well. Thus far the track has a very funk like feel to …
DMX: It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot cd
The debut album of the world famous rap star DMX was released on May 19, 1998 to much anticipation since he had made many appearances on the mixtape circuit with songs like ‘4,3,2,1′ and ‘Money, Power and Respect’. Just as every other rap fan enjoyed these songs so did …
The good stuff by Kenny Chesney
The good stuff by Kenny Chesney is a song about how a guy has a fight with his woman and he goes to a bar and the guy won�t give him the good stuff. But the old guy says a whole lot of stuff is the good stuff especially …
Garth Brooks: Double Live CD
It amazes me that I ever purchased Garth Brooks: Double Live CD because, frankly, he was never a favorite of mine. I did have a co-worker who adored the man. I don’t deny he knows how to put on a show or can sing a song, but …
Dream Theater - Chaos in Motion DVD
The progressive rock band Dream Theater, known for their long, winding, and technically complex music, also has a penchant for equally lengthy and densely packed live-concert DVDs; the recent “Chaos In Motion” is no exception.
Disk 1 an immense collection of 180 minutes worth of live concert footage, …
The Cranberries - Everybody Else is Doing it so Why Can’t We? (1993)
This very first Cranberries album was somehow, never my favourite. Maybe the raw simplicity, or maybe the short songs, I couldn’t appreciate its beauty. Of course, only until, you actually experience all those things Dolores O’riordan writes and sings about, only then, can you grasp the essence of this …
Lorenzo Jovanotti A Te
Lorenzo Jovanotti is an Italian singer, he is very popular in his country but even outside of it.
This song won the Italian national contest of San Remo 2008 and it is a really beautiful song. Lorenzo is the author of most of his song so most of his songs …
All I Need Is You by Marty Sampson
Marty Sampson has a very husky voice in singing this song All I Need Is You. I really like the song because of the wonderful message and the composition of it was also amazing.
He also leads the guitar as he sings although you can obviously hear from Marty’s voice …
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